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 $ pip install hdxms-datasets
 ```
 
+### HDX-MS database
+
+Currently a beta test database is set up at:
+https://github.com/Jhsmit/HDX-MS-datasets
+
 ### Example code
 
 
 ```python
+from pathlib import Path
 from hdxms_datasets import DataVault
 
-vault = DataVault()
+# local path the download datasets to
+cache_dir = Path('.cache')
+
+# create a vault with local cache dir, set `remote_url` to connect to a different database
+vault = DataVault(cache_dir=cache_dir)
 
 # Download a specific HDX dataset
 vault.fetch_dataset("20221007_1530_SecA_Krishnamurthy")
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-# Configuration
-
-Default values for HDXMS Datasets configuration are stored as a .yaml file in `~/.hdxms_datasets/config.yaml`. 
-The values there can be modified to update default settings.
-
-The default configuration is as follows:
-
-```yaml
-database_dir: $home/.hdxms_datasets/datasets
-database_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jhsmit/HDX-MS-datasets/master/datasets/
-time_unit: s
-
-dynamx:
-  time_unit: min
-
-```
-
-Here `time_unit` defines the time unit in returned datasets. The `time_unit` in the `dynamx` section sets the time unit 
-of the source datasets in the DynamX format.
-
-Configuration settings can also be changed from within python:
-
-```python
-from hdxms_datasets import cfg
-
-cfg.time_unit = 'min'
-
-```
-
-This will change the time unit to minutes for all datasets loaded from then on.
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   - install.md
   - Usage:
     - usage/loading.md
-    - usage/configuration.md
   - API Reference: reference/
 
 watch: